Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass

Re:Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass by toomuchtodo on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @06:42PM (#46982836)

You require a human to identity proof in real life and bind that to a digital identity with a strong authenticator. Anti fraud detection systems can suspend or ban if evasion attempts are detected. Perfect is not the target, it doesn’t have to be.

See: Login.gov (USPS offline proofing) and other national identity systems.

(digital identity is a component of my work)

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Re:Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass by gruez on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @06:46PM (#46982867)

>You require a human to identity proof in real life and bind that to a digital identity

That's going to be a no from me, dawg. I'm sympathetic to ID checks like if you're buying beer or whatever, but not linking my real life identity to discord or whatever.

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Re:Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass by toomuchtodo on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @06:51PM (#46982909)

Not my call, it’ll be the law of the land. Some may leave, but most won’t, and that’s good enough for corporate and enterprise value purposes.

Pornhub is fighting state age verification and keeps losing state by state, for example.

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Re:Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass by toomuchtodo on Thursday February 12, 2026 @11:27AM (#46990779)

Porn site fined £800,000 for not rolling out age checks - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46990755 - February 2026

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Re:Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass by dark-star on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @07:02PM (#46983006)

You have to show ID to buy beer?

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Re:Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass by michaelt on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @08:14PM (#46983668)

Store doesn't get to photograph your ID, share it with 548 of their advertising partners, and leak it to 7 different hacker groups.

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Re:Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass by subscribed on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @07:08PM (#46983065)

If you aren't obviously adult then yeah. Where do you live so there are no laws on selling the alcohol to children?

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Re:Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass by notpushkin on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @10:01PM (#46984397)

There are laws, but in many countries they are not strictly enforced. In Japan, buying beer in the self checkout lane will just give you an “are you over 20?” prompt, no verification: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46227987

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Re:Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass by subscribed on Thursday February 19, 2026 @07:39PM (#47082072)

Interesting, thank you!

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Re:Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass by wileydragonfly on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @06:55PM (#46982946)

Why should anyone inclined to want to buy beer have to show ID to do it?

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Re:Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass by chrysoprace on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @07:04PM (#46983026)

I don't know how it works where you live, but in many jurisdictions around the world (including the one I live in), you have to provide ID to prove that you're of drinking age.

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Re:Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass by usefulposter on Thursday February 12, 2026 @02:32AM (#46985846)

I don't know how this false equivalency keeps coming up on HN, but see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46983668.

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Re:Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass by chrysoprace on Thursday February 12, 2026 @04:36AM (#46986687)

Not sure what your point was, here in Australia they just look at it, they can't take a photocopy.

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Re:Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass by toomuchtodo on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @07:02PM (#46983009)

Because you’re required to in all 50 states to prove you’re over 21.

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Re:Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass by coldpie on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @07:09PM (#46983073)

I don't think that's true? Rather, stores must not sell to anyone under 21. I'm almost 40 and rarely get carded these days.

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Re:Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass by MrDrMcCoy on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @06:47PM (#46982883)

Which is by nature transient. There are many more and quite dangerous strings attached to doing this online. You never know if all parties involved in the verification are trustworthy.

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